Catholic Social Teaching: Statistics/Datasets

World Health Organization

U.S. Census Bureau's search page for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

The Census Bureau supports several interactive data finders.

CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan.

Social Explorer provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to present.

"As a priority Open Government Initiative for President Obama's administration, Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. The data catalogs will continue to grow as datasets are added."

Access to a large archive of machine-readable social science data.

HINT: Select a country or region from the drop down box and begin exploring the various information tabs available.

The General Social Survey (GSS), a project of the National Social Science Data Program, conducts basic scientific research on the structure and development of American society with a data-collection program designed to both monitor social change within the United States and to compare the United States to other nations.

U.S. Census Bureau's search page for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

Office for Economic Co-operation & Development

The Sentencing Project website provides information on sentencing, incarceration, racial disparity in the criminal justice system, drug policy, and felony disenfranchisement in the U.S., including comprehensive coverage of issues related to overreliance on an incarceration strategy.